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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Child – #etheree #poetry #challenge

17 Tuesday Nov 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Etheree, Poetry

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#poetry, child, Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, dorindaduclos.com, ekphrastic, Etheree, Night Owl Poetry, photo prompt, poems, poetry challenge, reflections, thoughts, writing


Child
Who is
Reflected
On the water
Bares her soul aloud
In the silence of night
As barren trees listen, watch
Her attention lies far away
Scattered thoughts unleash a roaring din
She wonders if the birds can hear them, too

 

WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 203 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT

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Arrival – #poetry – #autumn #spirits

14 Thursday Nov 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, #poetrycommunity, arrival, autumn, child, dorindaduclos.com, Fall, Night Owl Poetry, poems, spirits, survival, writing

Autumnal colors,
Russet and red,
Draped in a cape,
That covers her head.

She tucks inside,
The golden locks of hair,
Her mama told her,
To never bare.

A mist forms around her, ever so,
There, in the forest, unafraid, though.

They envelop her,
In a magical dance,
She smiles, happily,
This is not happenstance.

Knowing it is they,
Who come to call,
Every November,
Near the end of fall.

And this child awaits, ever patiently, their arrival,
For she counts on them, for her very survival…

 

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#FridayFantasy ~ She Reminds Me of Me – #poetry #wotd

05 Friday Jul 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Friday Fantasy, Poetry

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#poetry, #WOTD, capture, child, Childhood, dorindaduclos.com, envy, fantasy, Friday Fantasy, glistening, memories, moon, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, stars, swing, word of the day, writing


Those days, well spent, watching the moon

I longed to be up there, to listen, commune

Along with the stars, shining so sweetly

She’s captured my heart, ever so completely

A child of the moonlight, carefree, gliding

While I’m down on Earth, watching, hiding

I don’t want her know, how I envy her place

Happily swinging, oh, the joy on her face!

I’ll wait in the shadows, as she flies in the night

In my eyes, she is starlight, glistening bright

 

Word of Day Challenge – Capture

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On protecting the small – #Haiku – #poetry – #IWHChallenge

27 Thursday Jun 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Haiku, I Write Her Haiku/Senryu Challenge, Poetry, Poetry Challenge

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#IWH, #poetry, child, darkness, dorindaduclos.com, guardian, Night Owl Poetry, owl, poems, poetry challenge, protector, writing


Guardian spirit

Protector of one so small

Shields her from darkness

 

I Write Her Weekly Haiku/Senryu Challenge #25
Photo via I Write Her – Elena Mikhaylova

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Child of Night – #poetry

19 Wednesday Jun 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, ballerina, child, dorindaduclos.com, dreams, enchanted, forest, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, writing


Life in the shadows, child of night,

Ventures forth, as curiosity calls.

Stopping in her tracks, mesmerized

As the sun on her face, does fall

Frocked in tulle, a ballerina babe

Enchanted by the forest, she waits.

Flickers of light, against the trees,

Eyes become wider, pupils dilate.

She hesitates, afraid to go further,

Yet, something draws her into it,

A recollection of happier ways

In dreams, one must simply pursue it.

Come, child, it said,

Follow the rays.

Let the light guide you,

Through the darker days.”

 

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